EMS units use ATV for Sadsbury park rescue

SADSBURY — Emergency responders used a six-wheeled, all-terrain vehicle Tuesday afternoon during the rescue of an unresponsive patient deep in the woods of Bertreel Park.

Members of the Westwood Fire Company’s EMS units and Medic 93 were called to the park at 2:41 p.m. after receiving reports of an unconscious man in the woods near a large swimming hole, according to Westwood EMS Chief John Sly.

EMS units used the ATV vehicle, one of only four such vehicles actively used in the county, to cross the creek and transport the patient to a waiting ambulance. The patient was then taken to Paoli Hospital’s trauma unit for treatment of head injuries, Sly said.